People v. Scott

The defendant, Larry Scott, brings this appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for post-conviction relief. Because the defendant received the death sentence for the underlying murder conviction, the present appeal lies directly to this court. 134 Ill. 2d R. 651(a). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

The defendant was charged with a number of offenses for the murder and sexual assault of a woman in Chicago in August 1984. Following a trial in the circuit court of Cook County, a jury found the defendant guilty of…